Four WMM filmmakers took home EMMY wins last week at the News & Documentary Emmy Awards!
- THE JANES (dir. Emma Pildes and WMM Program alum Tia Lessin)
Best Documentary and Best Social Issue Documentary - Art & Krimes by Krimes (dir. Alysa Nahmias)
Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary - The Flagmakers (dir. Cynthia Wade)
Outstanding Short Documentary - Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power (dir. Geeta Gandbhir & Sam Pollard)
Outstanding Research
A big congratulations also to all of the WMM films and filmmakers who were nominated:
- BODY PARTS — directed by WMM filmmaker Kristy Guevera-Flanagan (WONDER WOMEN, WHAT HAPPENED TO HER, and MOTHERTIME). Nominated for a News & Doc EMMY for “Outstanding Music Composition;”
- AFTERSHOCK – directed by WMM filmmaker Paula Eiselt (93QUEEN). Nominated for “Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking;”
- JUDY BLOOM FOREVER — co-directed by Production Assistance Program Alum Davina Pardo. Nominated for “Outstanding Direction for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program” and “Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special;” and
- PRETTY BABY — co-directed by Production Assistance Program Alum Lana Wilson. Nominated for “Outstanding Direction for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program” and “Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program.”
- THE JANES – co-directed by Production Assistance Program Alum Tia Lessin. Nominated for “Best Documentary,” “Best Social Issue Documentary,” “Outstanding Research: Documentary,” and “Outstanding Direction: Documentary.”
- ART & KRIMES BY KRIMES – co-directed by Production Assistance Program Alum Alysia Nehmias. Nominated for “Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary.”
- THE FLAGMAKERS – directed by Production Assistance Program Alum Cynthia Wade. Nominated for “Outstanding Short Documentary.”
- LOWENDES COUNTY AND THE ROAD TO BLACK POWER – co-directed by Production Assistance Program Alum Geeta Gandbhir. Nominated for “Outstanding Research.”
- NOTHING COMPARES – directed by Kathryn Ferguson. Made with the support of the Production Assistance Program. Nominated for “Outstanding Writing: Documentary,” “Outstanding Direction: Documentary,”
